White lines on the plastron?

Andrewg777

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Hello. Can somebody tell what are these white threadlike outlines in their pastron? Are they normal? Are these early signs of fungi? These are cherryhead on a reptibark substrate
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You have shell fungus forming.
Get some athletes foot cream and apply a dab to those areas for a few days.
The very inexpensive cream works just as well as the expensive stuff
 

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The little white squiggly concentric lines under the surface are normal and not harmful.

Those are not part of any developing shell fungus.
 
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